Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guybrush Threepwood

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No assertion of notability. Insignificant references to reliable sources. Is essentially a regurgitation of plot summary covered in games' individual articles. --EEMIV (talk) 21:46, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- Cybercobra (talk) 23:47, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Google News has all sorts of hits from this month about him. WP:BEFORE has obviously not been followed in this case. Character appears to be a recurring fictional element that spans a notable series of computer games, thus lacking any good merge target. Jclemens (talk) 00:06, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, and Google News Archive has over 350 hits for the name, going back to 1990. Google Scholar lists 35, and Google Books list 62. Potential overlap aside, assertions of non-notability are simply not credible. Jclemens (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep this character is about as noteable as they come, within the context of adventure games. may as well nominate Mario for having no notability in the field of platform games. RayBarker (talk) 01:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Not just a character in an obscure game, but the primary protagonist of an entire series of very well-known adventure games (Monkey Island). Note: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeChuck and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elaine Marley were also offered for deletion by the same nominator. —Lowellian (reply) 06:05, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. Nifboy (talk) 03:34, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, as shown by the above editors, this article has clear notability. The article should be tagged with {{refimprove}} and {{expand}} and such, rather than being brought to AfD. Either way, it has been flagged for rescue now, and brought to the attention of WP:VG, and thus I expect someone with knowledge on the subject to improve the article using the sources lying about. AfD should not be used to delete articles that simply need work. --Taelus (talk) 07:49, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but with no prejudice against a Merge to some list of Monkey Island characters. 90% of this article is duplicating the plot of the games. Take that out (hit the major points), and you're level with several NFC images (inappropriate) and about two paragraphs of notable information. This is not to say that I would think there should be more to establish Guybrush as a notable character from more sources. But if there's not much more, then this should be merged with other characters. --MASEM (t) 12:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Obviously notable, the main character in one of the most successful computer game series ever, which defined the genre of graphical adventures for a decade. Did the nominator make any effort to find sources? Did the nominator think about proposing a merge instead? A bloody big WP:TROUT in their general direction. Fences&Windows 14:47, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Agree with all the above points. There's no discussion of deleting articles such as Master Chief (Halo), so I fail to see why such an issue would arise with this article. - Goldenboy (talk) 17:08, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into a relevant article (such as Monkey Island (series)#Characters) and delete plot information (which just duplicates game plots). The article contains little useful info. LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 15:41, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herman Toothrot, which includes Stan (Monkey Island). Not very good for the nominator to fail to mention the related nominations. Fences&Windows 15:02, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Masem put my thoughts on the matter perfectly.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:33, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: Like LeChuck, the article is unacceptably bad, being about two-thirds redundant plot summary and one-third original speculation/observation about the character. Once you've taken those two out all that's left is the story about Guy.Brush, a paragraph that can safely go into the series article. Nifboy (talk) 07:03, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom's rationale and Nifboy; +non-notable, unsourced fan-service material. Wikipedia is not a fansite. Sincerely, Jack Merridew 10:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Partial merge - as with LeChuck, this is almost entirely plot information: if the parent articles are written correctly, they will already include a plot synopsis. Other small tidbits of information, once verified, can be included in the series overview. Marasmusine (talk) 14:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - He is the main character in a popular or cult video game series, and I don't see the article on Strong Bad up for deletion. If anything, Monkey Island has more fans than Homestar Runner, but delete Guybrush without considering Strong Bad? Never!